WRITER: Benton Smith

Les Miles says recruiting a QB a priority for KU

Carter Stanley’s college career is over and the Kansas football program needs a starting quarterback. While it’s possible Stanley’s replacement could already be on the roster, KU head coach Les Miles said following his team’s finale that the QB position will be one of priority as the coaching staff turns its focus to the recruiting trail. “Certainly we need a quarterback,” Miles replied, when asked ...

Disappointing end to year won't be forgotten as Jayhawks head into offseason work

Whether the returning Jayhawks who endured the Kansas football team’s worst loss of 2019 on the final Saturday of the season use that as motivation entering the offseason will vary from man to man. Just the same, as everyone involved in the program moves past a 61-6 beating at the hands of Baylor in the finale, head coach Les Miles said in the aftermath of the thumping that it will get brought up ...

Jayhawks contend progress was made in Les Miles' 1st year in charge

Minutes after his first season as head coach at the University of Kansas concluded, Les Miles obviously was not at all pleased with the Jayhawks’ finale, a 61-6 home loss to Baylor. “That’s not the way you wanted to see this team go out,” Miles said. Still, the head coach had a different view of the past year as a whole, after returning to the sidelines out of semi-retirement to try to rebuild the KU ...

Jayhawks dismantled by No. 11 Bears during 61-6 drubbing on Senior Day

Senior Days are not supposed to look like this. In the final college football game for nearly two dozen Jayhawks on Saturday at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, the optimism and competitiveness that could be spotted during the highest points of head coach Les Miles’ first year on the job were nowhere to be found. No. 11 Baylor dismantled the lifeless Jayhawks for 60 minutes, sending the home team and its ...

Notebook: Kansas honors 23 seniors before 61-6 defeat to No. 11 Baylor

A day that ended in frustration for everyone on the Kansas football roster began with a scene that the Jayhawks who played their final college game can look back upon more fondly. Head coach Les Miles and the program honored 23 seniors prior to kickoff at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Each senior gathered with family members and friends, and Miles presented every one of them with a football ...

Game day breakdown - KU football vs. No. 11 Baylor

— Kansas (3-8 overall, 1-7 Big 12) vs. No. 11 Baylor (10-1, 7-1) • 2:30 p.m. kickoff, David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Game-time forecast: 56 degrees, mostly sunny, 0% chance of rain • TV: ESPN • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 — Log on to KUsports.com for our live coverage and follow our team on Twitter: @KUSports, @BentonASmith and @SJacksonLJW Keys for Kansas 1. Make Baylor’s defense ...